Contribution to the knowledge of Aegidinus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae): new species and comments on the classification and nomenclature Author Frolov, Andrey V. Author Akhmetova, Lilia A. Author Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. text Journal of Natural History 2019 2019-05-13 53 11 725 747 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2019.1606953 d2615e10-8703-400b-b571-6c431b0ed9a7 1464-5262 3675571 09AA5C86-5138-42A7-9646-9FF2A7F46767 Aegidinus venezuelensis Colby, 2009 Aegidinus venezuelensis Colby, 2009: 38 Type locality. Venezuela, Distrito Capital, Caracas. Figure 7. Aegidinus spp. Locality records map. Type material examined Holotype . Female at MNHN labelled ‘ Vénézuéla Caracas/EX MUSEO N VAN DE POLL/ MUSÉUM PARIS 1936 COLL. A. BOUCOMONT/ Aegidinus brasiliensis R. Paulian det. Arr./ Aegidinus venezuelensis Colby HOLOTYPE ’ . Remarks The type of this species cannot be reliably distinguished from Ae. guianensis and Ae. howdenorum females. Distribution suggests that it may belong rather to Ae. howdenorum , but additional material is needed. It should be noted that Ae. howdenorum is known from a pair of specimens; the third female from ‘ Colombia ’ was tentatively identified as Ae. howdenorum and cannot be distinguished from females of Ae. guianensis . Considering the similarity of the two species – guianensis and howdenorum differ only in a slightly different shape of the parameres, the difference smaller than in other Aegidinus species – additional material is also needed to clarify whether this difference is not due to the geographic variability among populations of one species.